part1

Li Sicheng’s deep eyes became colder as he narrowed them. Slowly, he asked, “So, you slapped me for that?”

Su Qianci looked away and did not speak. However, her breath had quickened, and her eyes had become wet.

“Mrs. Li, you are questioning my character.” His voice was deep, sounding furious.

She curled her lips coldly and refused eye contact.

“I thought I was clear last time. I have nothing to do with her, let alone sleep with her. Even touching her would give me nausea.”

“That’s enough,” she cut in. “I don’t want to listen to this. Mr. Li, would you please let me go?”

He pursed his lips and remained still. With frustration, he said, “Why don’t you believe me?”

She looked up at him. Seeing how hurt he was, she stared at the ceiling and said slowly, “You have no credit with me the moment I found you lied to me.”

Li Sicheng’s pupils shrank. Lied to her? He immediately thought of his injury on the right arm. Unconsciously, he glanced at it. Seeing his move, Su Qianci also gazed at his wound. It was long and probably deep. Most of it had scarred, pink and ugly on his bronze skin.

“This was done by Rong Rui more than half a month ago.”

Half a month, so, when he was “on the business trip?”

“I didn’t tell you because I did not want to worry about me. I lied and said I was going on a business trip, because I wanted to tell you when the injury got better.”

Is that so? She suddenly felt sad. Did she look so gullible to him? He must have no idea that she saw him coming out of the house he gave to Tang Mengying with her own eyes. She did her own research and found that the title of the house was indeed transferred to Tang Mengying. A house worth tens of millions was easily gifted to another woman. Would anyone believe that no dirty deal was involved? In addition, the DNA test was enough to prove it all. With everything combined, he still thought she would take his words for it?

Su Qianci’s eyelashes fluttered as she said quietly, “okay. You can get up now. My legs are numb.”

Li Sicheng pursed his lips and felt like her cold look was a bullet in his chest, leaving a bloody hole. Her look told him that she did not believe him. His injury was right there, and she should be able to tell how severe it was. But why did she still refuse to believe him? Did she mean it by saying he had no credit with her?

“I didn’t mean it.”

“It’s okay. They won’t be numb for long.”

“I’m talking about the business trip.”

He did not mean to be dishonest. If he knew that she would learn the truth and get the wrong idea, Li Sicheng would much rather have her on his side and worry about him.

Su Qianci paused. Her eyes became dim as she said, “It’s okay. Of course, you can have your private life. From the very beginning, I made it clear in the contract that we are each free to live our separate lives. You don’t need to explain to me.”

She was the one who had the wrong idea. She had thought that he loved her…

“Su Qianci!” Li Sicheng bristled and clapped her jaw with his fingers. “Don’t even mention the contract! I will tear it apart right away.”

“Indeed, you should’ve done it earlier,” Su Qianci said sarcastically. “It also says that we should keep our distance. Look at us… We have breached the contract for a while now.”

“It should never have been made.” He regretted signing the contract in the first place. Gazing at her deeply, he said resolutely, “Forget about the contract. We will tear it apart and start over.”

“You’re free to do that. Yours is just a copy anyway. Uncle Sheng Ximing has the original.”

Tightening his grip on her jaw as if he wanted to crush it, he said in a deep voice, “then we will ask to have it back.”

“No, Li Sicheng.” She gazed at him, put her arms around his neck, leaned close to him, and whispered, “Isn’t this what you want? When the term of the contract is up, Tang Mengying’s baby should have been born already. At that time, it will be the same to you with or without me, right?”

Tang Mengying! Tang Mengying again!

Su Qianci yanked her head up and sucked on his Adam’s apple. Li Sicheng froze. Tightening his arms, he breathed hastily. Her soft hand moved down slowly. She said in a sensual tone, “We are still legally married now. Since Tang Mengying is pregnant, we should use the time to enjoy ourselves, right?”

His arousal immediately disappeared. Grabbing her hand, he grit his teeth. “Don’t mention that off-putting name.”

The name was off-putting to her as well. Extremely so.

“Why are you pretending? You love this, don’t you?” She wiggled and wrapped her legs around his waist. She asked in a sarcastic tone, “Or, is it because you feel guilty for lying in another woman’s bed when she is pregnant with your baby?”

Noticing her provocation, he sneered. She felt a bit frightened and stopped her seduction. She tried to take her hand back, but he pinned it down. He bowed his head and bit her collarbone.

Su Qianci sucked in some cold air and cried, “It hurts!” However, Li Sicheng did not mean to stop, but bit her harder. “What are you doing?” Su Qianci was about to burst into tears. “Is your zodiac sign dog? Get off me.”

“I’m trying to wake you up!” He panted and said. Then he quickly got out of the bed. She saw him opening the closet ***** and taking something out of the lowest drawer. Soon, he stood up and threw two red booklets at her.

Marriage certificates.

Li Sicheng opened a booklet and turned Su Qianci’s face, forcing her to look at the photo on the marriage certificate. He was so rough that he was hurting her. She wanted to dodge. However, he would not let her, and put the marriage certificate in front of her face, growling, “Look at this. You, Su Qianci, are on this photo. Not that Tang girl.”

Her face was hurting and she was about to cry. However, she grit her teeth and did not say a thing.

“Don’t try to push me to another woman. I said that she has nothing to do with me. She’s due March next year. Give me some more time, will you?”

When the baby was born, everything would become clear.

Hearing that, Su Qianci looked away and did not speak. Her eyes wet, she resisted the urge to cry.

Li Sicheng looked at her deeply, released her, and said, “Do you still remember that you owed me something last night? Now I have something in mind.”

She finally looked at him.

“I want to void the divorce contract.”

Void… That word was ringing in her head. If they voided the contract at this time, didn’t mean that they would not have to divorce? Didn’t that mean that she could continue to be his wife?

He saw that she was moved. Indeed, she did not want a divorce either, right? He suddenly thought of her look when they just got married. Her love for him, her complicated emotions and her fear were all crystal-clear. What had happened? Now she looked at him with mockery, contempt, and dim hatred. When her love disappeared, Li Sicheng felt at a loss. He still had no idea what he had done wrong. However, he did not want to let her go or have a divorce…

Covering her face with his rough hand, he brushed her skin with his thumb and whispered, “Let’s void the contract and start over, shall we?”

He meant it. His look was so pure that her heart thumped. However, could she do this?

No!

Su Qianci rubbed her eyes and sneered at Li Sicheng, “You really think I’m that dumb?”

The divorce contract was the only thing that was giving her the initiative. If she lost this only chip, she would be faced with endless torture… What if he wanted an immediate divorce by tricking her into voiding the contract? She knew very well how wicked this man could be. She would never trust him again.

Never.

Hearing that, Li Sicheng held her face tight. He had never tried so hard to please a woman. He acted so humble just to get her mockery? His eyes dimmed. Flames of humiliation burned. “Su Qianci!” He squeezed the words from his teeth.

Her heart trembling, Su Qianci shrank. She braced herself to look at him carelessly and snorted, “You’re mad?”

Li Sicheng was squeezing her face rather than brushing now, making her cringe.

“I really want to choke you to death,” Li Sicheng said, gritting his teeth. Choke her to death and make her disappear. But he would never have the heart to do it.

Su Qianci gritted her teeth and looked at him anxiously. Li Sicheng screwed his eyes shut and pushed her away. Throwing the red booklets on the floor, he got out of bed and walked into the shower. Hearing the water running, she collapsed on the bed, letting out a sigh of relief. The one thing that scared her the most was his anger. In both lifetimes. Fortunately, she survived this one…

A ring of teeth marks was imprinted on her collarbone. Su Qianci touched it and felt the sting. He bit her hard… After showering, she found a turtleneck pullover and a pair of pants. Putting her hair into a ponytail, she walked out at 11 AM. Immediately, she saw Li Sicheng walking out of grandpa’s room.

Seeing Su Qianci’s refreshing look, Li Sicheng gazed at her for a second before he quickly walked toward the gate. She stopped as he brushed past her, feeling extraordinarily calm.

When he left the living room, his phone rang. She noticed that he seemed to have a new phone. This was not the model he used to have. He answered the call and slowly walked out. She took her hand back and followed him at a distance. For whatever was said over the phone, Li Sicheng seemed to be in a weird mood. He said, “Make sure you keep it safe.” He immediately drove away, not meaning to take Su Qianci at all.

Su Qianci did not want to get a ride from him either, so she hailed a taxi on the street and told the driver the address of Song Yifan. However, she still felt something was wrong.

What was he trying to keep safe? Tang Mengying’s baby?

Su Qianci’s heart was wrenched. With some thought, she eventually told the driver, “Sir, please drive me to Jiang Zhou.”

The driver looked a bit impatient. “Why didn’t you say it earlier? Now we are in the completely opposite direction.” Although he was complaining, he still turned the car around and drove toward the neighborhood in Jiang Zhou.

When they approached the house, Su Qianci immediately saw the low-key but luxury black Maybach. Although she had expected it, she was still disappointed. Her last hope had disappeared. The reality had taught her a lesson by slapping her in the face. It must be fun to lie to her. Su Qianci’s eyes became cold. And so did her heart. “Let’s go to the Zephyr Pavilion now.”

Laurel panicked. No one had expected that Tang Mengying would hit the wall with her belly. The incident had kept two score of staff members busy. However, Laurel was someone who had been through a lot. In Star City, worse things had happened. She sent Tang Mengying back to her room and called the doctor in an organized manner before she called Li Sicheng.

Tang Mengying had thought that they would at least send her to a hospital. In that case, she could naturally get rid of the baby and tell people that she was imprisoned. However, she had no idea that Li Sicheng was so “thoughtful” that he had kept several doctors at “home.” And there was even an emergency room in the house. Looking at the dozen pairs of eyes staring at her, she felt she was about to be driven crazy. For half a month, she had no freedom at all. Someone was always looking at her when she was in the bathroom or taking a shower or eating. She did not even have the freedom a prisoner had.

Except for Laurel, everyone else was dumb. No one spoke to her, and she could not make a phone call. The location was so remote that Tang Mengying had no way to contact anyone. Everyone was celebrating the fact that the baby was safe. However, to Tang Mengying, it was the worst news.

This was a living hell…

Since Su Qianci left the old house, she had kept herself busy by being focused on study and work. Lu Yihan was better and better at doing business. In just over a month, he had released the software “Qian Joy,” which then enjoyed a great number of downloads end users. As a shareholder, Su Qianci got a decent cut.

As it became colder, she was wearing thicker clothes. This day was winter solstice, a festival for family reunion. Song Yifan was still in London and could not come back to the country to spend the day with her. The old house had called her in advance, inviting her to go back for the festival. The rain was pouring down, making the winter solstice a wet one. Driving her newly purchased white sedan, Su Qianci was trapped in the traffic jam. It was past 2 PM. She did not know what had happened on the street. She could not move at all.

The honks were ringing, disturbing her mind. Su Qianci’s phone rang. The call was from the old house. She picked up. “Hello.”

“Are you almost here?”

“Not yet. It’s winter solstice, so the traffic is heavy.”

She glanced at the dark clouds. The rain was still pouring.

“I see. Are you with Mr. Li? Captain Li said he wanted to have the kind of meat that Mr. Li had once purchased.”

“What meat?”

“I have no idea. Captain Li did not know its name either. It’s pretty good though. I’m sure Mr. Li knows about it. Could you call him and ask?”

Her making the phone call? Su Qianci pursed her lips and said, “Liu Sao, would you call him? It’s not really convenient for me.”

“I have tried, but I couldn’t reach him. I’m also in a mess right now. Captain Li is playing a game with Mr. Li Xiao, and I need to clean up.” Someone seemed to be calling Liu Sao’s name. Liu Sao said, “Coming!” And then she told Su Qianci, “Would you do this favor for me? If not, I will call him later. I’m just worried that Captain Li might be impatient…”

“All right,” Su Qianci replied. “You go ahead, and I’ll call him.”

“Thanks so much. Remember to come back early. The entire family is here.”

“Will do.”

When Su Qianci hung up, she was still stuck in the traffic. Looking through her contacts, she found that his number was gone. She did not even need to think before dialing the number. When the call was being made, she realized that she had typed the number out. It was the number that she had remembered for two lifetimes.

The line was busy. The traffic eventually started to move. Su Qianci started the car and called Cheng You. Cheng You quickly answered. Su Qianci then learned that she had gone back to her hometown for the festival.

“It’s a little past three, so he must be at work. I think you could look for him in his office.”

“Okay… Thank you.”

“Mr. Li must be overjoyed if he sees you at work.”

Su Qianci curled her lips and said with self-mockery, “Really?”

“Of course. You have no idea. He is in a terrible mood these days and works overtime every day. None of us dare to make any noise in case he gets mad. That’s why I used my days off and came home for the festival.”

It sounded that he was having a bad time. Was it because of her? If he saw her, would he feel even worse?

"Ahem." Cheng You realized that he had probably said too much. If her boss found out that she betrayed him, he would definitely exploit her. "Well, Mrs. Li, please don't tell him that I said that. Consider it a secret between us."

Su Qianci smiled. "Okay, bye."

"Bye!"

Su Qianci hung up and let out a sigh of relief. In her last lifetime, Cheng You had been calling her ma'am. After their divorce, she called her Ms. Su. "Mrs. Li" did not sound so bad. She drove to an exit of the highway. She happened to be close to Li Sicheng's company. She drove there according to her memory and saw the uniquely shaped building in less than two minutes. The building of the Li group was a landmark in Kingstown.

She parked the car and went to the front desk. The receptionist immediately recognized her and called, "Ma'am." Although it was the first time that Su Qianci had come to Li Sicheng's company, almost the entire Kingstown knew her name and face.

She smiled and said, "I'm here for Li Sicheng."

"The president is in the conference room on the top floor. You could take the VIP escalator here."

"Thank you."

She went to the top floor and the surroundings was very familiar. She had been here a lot of times in her last lifetime. As she walked inside, the secretaries were a bit surprised to see her. But they all recognized her, brought her to Li Sicheng's office, and served her the best coffee.

"Mr. Li is in a conference. Should I go tell him you are here?" A secretary asked.

"That's okay. I can wait for him here. You don't have to stay. Thank you."

"You're welcome. I will leave you then."

"Thanks."

The secretary looked at her and was so excited that her face was flushed. Before the door was closed, the secretary exclaimed, "She's really that pretty…"

Su Qianci smiled and took a sip of the coffee. She felt oddly nervous. Would he feel surprised when he saw her? What was she going to say? Long time no see? Hello? Everything felt weird…

Su Qianci's heart raced. She regretted that she had taken Cheng You's a device and come to see him. Would he think that she was trying to win him back by coming over here? But she was really just here for grandpa. And it was only because her call did not go through. If he had the wrong idea, it would be very awkward, right? Was it too late to leave?

Hesitating, Su Qianci still stood up and walked toward the door of the office. The moment she walked near the door, it was suddenly opened. Caught off guard, Su Qianci was hit by the doorknob.

"Ouch!" She let out a cry and crouched down holding where she was hurt.

Li Sicheng looked confused. Looking at the girl crying in pain on the floor, he thought he must be delusional. When Su Qianci looked up at him, his heart was pounded. It was really her…

Noticing Li Sicheng looking at her coldly, Su Qianci blushed and put her hands on her lower belly, not daring to stand up. It hurt so much. She was hit right on the pubic bone. She was mortified.

Seeing that she was in pain, Li Sicheng resisted the urge to examine her injury and asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Qianci bowed her head and murmured, "My balls hurt…"

Li Sicheng’s cold face cracked. “You have any?”

Su Qianci’s face was flushed. Her hands on her private part, she stood up in pain and said, “Why didn’t you knock? It hurts!”

Li Sicheng couldn’t help glancing at her posture. He said calmly, “This is my office.”

She was rendered speechless. Noticing his glanced, she immediately turned around and gave it a rub under her coat.

Feeling awkward, Li Sicheng said in a deep voice, “be aware of your image.” Then he closed the door and sat down at his desk. “What are you doing here?”

“Looking for you,” she said matter-of-factly. But she quickly realized what she had said and whispered, “Grandpa said he wanted to eat that kind of meat you brought him last time. I called you, but it didn’t go through. Liu Sao asked me to tell you that.”

He glanced at his cell phone on the desk. More than thirty unanswered calls. Most of them were about business, but three of them were from the old house and her. He took up the phone and answered, “Got it.”

His indifference let Su Qianci down a little. She stood up straight and found it did not hurt that much. Taking her bag on the sofa, she said, “then I’ll leave now.”

“Sit down.” Li Sicheng did not even look up. “We can go together.”

“It’s okay. I drove here.”

However, Li Sicheng had already walked over and pushed her down. She wanted to say something, when she saw him gesturing her to hush. Then, he answered the call in fluent English. So busy. He needed to call people back even after the meeting. She wanted to get up but was held down by him. Her heart raced a little. Did he want to make her stay?

With that thought, she felt a bit anxious. Sitting on the sofa, she pretended to be calm. It took him more than fifteen minutes to make the phone call.

She asked him, “Why wouldn’t you let me go?”

Gazing at her deeply, Li Sicheng said in a cold tone, “It’s a holiday, and we should try to cheer grandpa up.”

Su Qianci felt sour and disappointed, as if her heart was drenched in vinegar. “I see.” That was why… Indeed, grandpa hated to see them fighting. Su Qianci was sure that grandpa knew the two of them had been in a fight for more than a month. She suddenly thought of a ridiculous possibility: did grandpa arrange for this to happen?

Glancing at her with his deep eyes, Li Sicheng took her bag and said, “Let’s go.”

He quickly walked out at the door, and Su Qianci followed him. Noticing the admiring look on the secretaries’ face, she slowed down.

Would he be mad?

In her previous lifetime, he had hated it when she walked beside him. Under this situation… On that thought, she slowed down, keeping her distance from him. He pressed the elevator button, looked to the side, and found she was not behind him. When he glanced back, he saw her hesitation.

Arching an eyebrow, Li Sicheng asked in a displeased tone, “Shall I carry you here?”

The secretaries went in an uproar. Su Qianci immediately blushed, quickly trotted to him in heels, and entered the elevator. Before the elevator doors closed, she heard someone say, “They are so great together…”

Before the elevator doors closed, Su Qianci heard someone say, “They are so great together…” Then the elevator doors closed, blocking all the noises.

Su Qianci felt a bit strange. So, in their eyes, Li Sicheng and her were happy together. But why didn’t she feel that? Instead, her heart was filled with sadness.

“Where did you park?”

The sudden question left her a bit dumbstruck before she answered, “At the gate.”

Li Sicheng heard that and pressed the lobby. Quiet. It was incredibly quiet in the elevator. All she could hear was the machinery.

Ding!

They reached the first floor. She followed him out, and everyone looked in her direction. Under the people’s gaze, she felt a bit nervous, bowing her head behind him.

Suddenly, Li Sicheng stopped. Su Qianci immediately bumped into him.

Ouch!

Covering her nose, she felt so sore that she immediately teared up. Looking up, her eyes were filled with complaint. He glanced at her calmly and took an umbrella on the rack. It was a big umbrella. When she got here, the rain was no longer heavy. Since she parked right at the gate, she jogged inside without taking an umbrella. However, the rain was now pouring again, flooding the streets. Everyone was walking fast. When she was about to grab another umbrella, he took her hand and pulled her away.

“Hey, wait a second.” Su Qianci was almost lifted up by him. Wearing heels, she almost lost her balance. Li Sicheng did not listen to her and yanked her forward. He opened the umbrella and put an arm around her neck, walking to her car.

Su Qianci was dumbstruck. How did he know which car was hers? He had never seen it before. They had not seen each other in so long…

“Open the door.” He glanced at her. “It’s raining heavily and cold here.”

She quickly unlocked the car. Li Sicheng opened the door on the driver’s side but did not go inside, glancing at her. She immediately understood and got in. He shut the door and sat on the copilot seat. As soon as possible he sat down, frowned, and grunted, “How is this so tight?”

“Of course, it could not be compared with yours,” Su Qianci murmured and started the car.

“We’ll get you a bigger one later.”

“I like a small one.” The rain was too heavy for her to see clearly, so she turned the headlights on.

“A small one is no good,” Li Sicheng said with contempt.

“The important thing is I like it. It’s none of your business.”

“I thought you were used to my bigger one.”

When Su Qianci was about to retort, she suddenly thought of something. With a blushed, she gave him a stare and cried, “Li Sicheng, you creep!”

Li Sicheng arched an eyebrow and looked at her puzzled. “I’m talking about the car. What are you thinking?”

She paused and blushed even more. Seeing the tease in his eyes, she hit the steering wheel and turned her head back.

Slowly buckling his seatbelt, he asked, “Don’t you think the bigger, the better?”

Su Qianci’s hands twitched as she growled, “Could you please shut up?”

Li Sicheng subtly curled his lips and relaxed for the first time in more than a month. Su Qianci did not want to pay him any attention and continued to drive.

But eventually, she asked, “Where is that store?”

“Shili Mingdu.”

Su Qianci was dazed and looked at him, “isn’t it behind us?”

“Yes.”

“… Why didn’t you say it earlier?”

“You didn’t ask.”

She grit her teeth, wishing she could throw him out of the car. But she still turned around and drove toward the place.

“Turn right, we will get out here,” Li Sicheng said calmly. She parked the car, and the rain was still pouring. He took his umbrella and opened the door. “Sit tight.” She blinked. He came to hold the umbrella over her? Did he think she had no umbrella in the car? She pouted and went out of the car with her umbrella after Li Sicheng got out. Her umbrella was pink with two cartoon characters kissing each other, very girlish.

Su Qianci locked the car and walked ahead. Li Sicheng’s eyes darkened. He stopped and said, “It’s a bit far. Follow me.”

“Okay.”

It was indeed a bit far. After they walked for twenty minutes, the rain became lighter, and they ended up in a narrow alley. The alley was clean and well decorated. It was the first time that Su Qianci had been to this place, so she felt a bit surprised. “I didn’t expect this place to be so pretty.”

Li Sicheng took down his umbrella and walked into a store with a “time-honored brand” sign. They entered the store and she was immediately attracted by the delicious aroma of meat jerky and snacks. Reading the store’s history and origin, she was quite interested.

Li Sicheng ordered several flavors, glanced at her, and then gazed at her umbrella that she had put next to the door. After Su Qianci read the store’s history, she walked around the racks. When he came to get her, he had two full bags in his hands.

“Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

The rain became heavy again, but there was less water standing in the streets. They could easily walk. Su Qianci picked up her folding umbrella at the door and was dumbstruck. Since they were not going to spend a long time in the store, she did not fold the umbrella up. However, when she picked it up, all she got in her hand was the pole. Glancing at the pole in her hand and the canopy on the floor, she was so pissed that she stomped her foot. “What the hell? Who did this? Dammit.”

Standing behind her, Li Sicheng said in a cold voice, “Someone must have stepped on it by accident. Look at the footprint.” A black footprint was left on the canopy, dirty and wet.

She looked at the footprint and felt quite upset. She recently bought this umbrella because she loved the print. It was the first time she had used it, and it was broken already. She winced.

Glancing at her, Li Sicheng said calmly, “It’s just an umbrella.”

“But it’s raining so heavily. I would get all wet without it.”

“I have one here.” Li Sicheng took his big black umbrella drying on the rack and said, “let’s go.”

What the heck? He was going to share his umbrella with her? Su Qianci mumbled, “the rain so heavy. We will both get wet if we share an umbrella…”

“You can elope with me then.” [Translator’s note: “wet” and “elope” sound similar in Mandarin.]

Elope…

Su Qianci blushed. "I meant wet."

"That was what I said." Li Sicheng looked at her seriously.

She blushed even more. Did he say elope or wet? Although the pronunciation of those words was ambiguous in the local dialect, Li Sicheng spoke standard Mandarin and had passed the advanced test. In her previous lifetime, she had taken the same test to please him… Did she hear it wrong?

"Let's go." He handed her the two bags of food. "Protect them well."

She took it and held it in her arms. He was wearing a long stand-up collar peacoat in deep gray and a suit underneath. He put up the umbrella and unbuttoned his peacoat, holding her waist and covering her body with it. Su Qianci froze and struggled a little. "What are you doing…"

"Going home." She felt her cheeks were burning by Li Sicheng's warm breath on her ear. He said in a deep voice, "Keep the food safe. We shall not keep grandpa waiting." So, she was to keep the food safe, and he was to keep her safe? On that thought, her heart raced as he walked her down the stairs. Seeing her pink ear, he had a soft look on his face and wrapped her tighter with the coat. Neither of them spoke.

Su Qianci felt warm. Holding the food tight, she was not splattered by a single drop of water. When they were back in the car, she found that his back was drenched. Seeing him taking his peacoat off, she moved her lips but did not say anything. Her heart was warm as she saw the food and herself well protected by him. When they arrived at the old house, it was about 6 PM.

Li Sicheng went to the bedroom and changed. Su Qianci gave the meat jerky to grandpa. Captain Li was very pleased, smiling contently at her. She was a bit embarrassed and went to help Liu Sao make sweet dumplings. Liu Sao put all kinds of stuffing into the paste, sesame sauce, peanut butter, an egg yolk… Su Qianci's job was to put the dumplings into boiling water and then remove them from the water when done.

Liu Sao passed the last plate of dumplings to Su Qianci and asked in a low voice, "You guys made up?"

Su Qianci saw her teasing smile and was reminded of her call. Nodding, she said, "Kind of."

The ice was broken, right?

"At last. Captain Li has been worried about you guys recently. It's great that you two have made up. I suppose Captain Li will ask you to stay here. I have your clothes ready."

"Thank you, Liu Sao."

"It's all right. Look, the dumplings are ready. Remove them now in case they leak."

Su Qianci checked the dumplings and removed them with a ladle. She counted the dumplings and broke them into several servings. Before she went out, she heard some noises. It sounded like people were fighting.

Startled, she ran out from the kitchen. She immediately saw Mrs. Tang yelling at Li Sicheng. "Li Sicheng, you son of a b*tch. Give my daughter back to me. Where did you take her?"

Mrs. Li looked very emotional. Her eyes bloodshot, and she stared at Li Sicheng like he was her enemy. He was sitting on a sofa with his legs crossed. Looking elegant and cold, he glanced at Mrs. Tang and asked, "Mrs. Tang, what do you mean?"

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